Canmore

"They may be going through a rough patch, or may have suffered some kind of traumatic event. This gives them the opportunity to be safe and hopefully we will be able to connect them through the various helping agencies in the Bow Valley to accommodation that meets their needs." 

“I consider myself right in the middle on this,” said Where the Buffalo Roam's Mitch Narver. “I do want to go back to work, but I don’t want to go too early. As to whether or not this is too early, I really couldn’t say, because the numbers have been dropping pretty significantly, but they aren’t exactly non-existent at this point.”

The University of Saskatchewan has announced a formal partnership with Innovate Canmore and confirmed it would be a tenant in an innovation hub as part of Three Sisters Mountain Village's proposed Gateway project, should it be approved for rezoning.

Canmore Councillor Esmé Comfort put forward a successful motion on Tuesday (Feb. 2) to direct the mayor to write a letter to Premier Jason Kenney urging him to reinstate the 1976 coal policy rescinded by the UCP government last year.

"While our cases and hospitalizations are trending down, we still have work to do," said Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw on Monday (Feb. 1). "We have reached a place where we should be able to further ease measures on Feb. 8, but we have seen cases fall and rise before."

The 10-year funding agreement between STARS air ambulance and Alberta Health Services expired in 2019. However, before a new one can be finalized, a provincial review of helicopter emergency medical services must be completed first. The non-profit also has another $15 million to raise to complete its $135 million campaign to replace its nine BK117 helicopters in western Canada with the H145 model.

“That means trying to push them to make changes for the better where we can, that means trying to criticize with the intent of seeing improvement to the programs that exist, that means pushing them to get our economy reopened, to have a vaccine plan. All of those things that I’ve talked about, that is the first and foremost job.”

Alberta's decision to continue restrictions for local gyms and fitness studios was "another gut punch" after an already tough year.

Originally, administration estimated that scanning and digitizing thousands of planning and development documents would cost $35,000.

A new off-site levy bylaw has been approved for Canmore, which sets out the way growth-pays-for-growth when it comes to $145 million in future municipal infrastructure projects.